Barrel-scrubbing machine



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A. GREEBEL. BARREL SGRUBBING MACHINE.

(Application filed June 30, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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ANDREW GRIEBEL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BARREL-SCRUBBING MACHHNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,576, dated September 27,1898.

Application filed June 80,1897. Serial No. 642,899. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW GRIEBEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel or Keg Scrubbing Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in barrel or keg scrubbing machines by means of which the entire surface of any of the ordinary-sized kegs can be cleaned in one operation; and the objects of myimprovement are, first, to so arrange and construct the brush-holders for said machine as to render the adjustment thereof automatic to a certain extent; second, to save the brushes from undue Wear and strain, and, third, to simplify the general construction and manipulation of the machine to a very marked extent. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of said machine, and Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof.

Like letters of reference denote like parts in the drawings and specification.

The frame of said machine comprises the stands A A, the curved top bar 13, and the bottom tie-plate C. In the stands are journaled the shaftsD D, upon which are mounted the wheels E E and sprocket-wheels F F. The chain G operatively connects said wheels, and a pulley, as indicated at H, is provided for imparting motion to the wheels E E and in turn to the kegs, which are placed upon the latter.

Thus far the machine does not materially differ from other machines used for this kind of work.

As above stated, the characteristic'feature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the brushholders. The principle of gravitation is applied to render these holders automatic for adjustment for scrubbing the outer surface of barrels or kegs. For this purpose I adapt the use of swinging wise fastened to the cap-terminal e of the links L L, and the terminals f of said links are united by means of the pin g or equivalent, which is pivotally supported at or in the free end of the arm M which projects from the bar B, top of the frame, respectively. (See Fig. 2.) Brush-holders thus supported and suspended have a very large range of adj ustability and automatically fit themselves to a so-called full barrel, as well as a one-eighth barrel and the intermediate sizes.

The end brushes I I are swung out or in to bear upon the ends of the barrels, while the top brush is raised or lowered to suit the circular surface or sides of thebarrel.

To facilitatethe labor of placing and removing of the barrels upon and from the wheels or rollers E E, I employthe chains N O for retaining the free ends of' the brush-holders in about the position orlittle closer than the size of the barrels. When the barrelis placed, said chains should be looseor sagging in order to admit of the brushes bearing upon the barrel with their own weight or a part thereof. Brushes thus adjusted hold out indefinitely longer than brushes which are retained in a fixed position or spring-actuated.

Pipes for water-supply to the brushes can be arranged in any suitable manner and have thus been omitted from the drawings.

It is obvious that brush-holders operating in the manner as above described may be applied in connection with various or modified forms of frames without departing from the nature of this invention.

. What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I In a barrel-washer, the combination of an arched frame, roller-supports for the barrel I carried thereby, links pivoted to the top of the frame and flexibly connected with the sides and provided with brushes adapted to In testimony whereof I aflix my signature operate upon the ends of the barrel, an arm in presence of two Witnesses. projecting from the frame, links pivoted thereto and flexibly connected to the top of I ANDREW GRIEBEL' 5 the frame and provided with a brush adapted Vitnesses: to operate upon the sides of the barrel, sub- BERNH. F. EIBLER, stantially as described. MORITZ REINHARD. 

